If the Walmart parking lot looked a little slicker to you this weekend than the past few weeks, that’s because a gushing fire hydrant leaked thousands of gallons of water over the pavement late last week. City of Kodiak Public Works director Craig Walton says they’re not entirely sure what caused the leak. Gushing fire hydrant at Walmart on Friday. …
Read More »Metrokin sewer pipe fixed, cleanup begins for sewage spilled into Mission Lake
The pipe leak near Mission Lake is fixed and fully operational as of Wednesday night, according to a city of Kodiak press release posted Thursday morning. An excavator dumps gravel back into the pit on Metrokin Way, originally dug to fix leaking sewer pipes. Mission Lake can be seen in the background. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) “The leak is fixed, …
Read More »City to Update Birch St. Water and Sewer System
Kayla Desroches/KMXT A piece of Kodiak’s history is buried beneath the ground in the form of pipes. City public works director Mark Kozak says the water and sewer system in the Aleutian Homes is from the original 1950s construction, and the city has been slowly rebuilding in that area since 2006. The Kodiak City Public Works Department is now looking …
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